1930 chile results at Pajarito in the Conservancy District

              NE.'tf }trJffCO COIIEGE Or' ACNTCTNflJP.E AND }IECHANIC ARTS
AND AGMCULTURAT H(FERI&MNT STATION
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1930 CHII,E RNSUTTS AT PAJARITO IN 1?:'J CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
In January Lgn, the Land for this experirnent was plow'ed, In February it was
disked and harroured. The new method of growing chile wis used and on Aprii 21 small
furrows were rnade 4 lnehes deep and 4 feet apart. The 1ard used was a iandy loern that had becn planted to tobacco the two previors seasons. No fertilizer of any kind
was used for thd: chllo experinent.
pn May 2, .pf acre was transplanted with chile plants grown at State CoILege.
The pJ-ants were set in the botton of the snall f\mows, 2 feet apart in the rorv with.
two plants to the place. Inrncdiately after transp}arrbing, the plants were irrj.gated,
_care belng taken not to delay the irrigation. There were-880 plants of the Espanola-
!}}]ef -varlety, 528 of the Anahetut 528 of Chilc Ancho, and about 8r9fr plants of .
Chj.Ie No. 9. A few days after transplanbing, the weather turned coiA ani on May p,
10, and IL there was quite a hard freeze. PracticalJ.y all of the plants, excopling
the Espanola Valley, weno killed, About 25.9 perccnt of the Espanola Vai'tey survlved,
0n May 14 and Ll, the vacancics in all of the varieti-es were transplanted tt Cottege I
Noi9_and irrigated imnrediatel;r eftenrvard. Subieqr.rent irrC.gations were given on May 'i
26, June 6 and 25r and Au€ust 1, 8, 21r'and'28. There was no irr{,gation given drring
Julyr_since heavy rains feIl on JuIy Ur 14, and 23.
The first anltivatl,on ard hoeing lvas givon'on lilay 3I and Jurrc 2, the second
co.ltivation ard ftTgt-ridging on June LB and J.p, the sccond hocing oir.luty 1, 2, and,
5p ond the flnal nidgir€ on July 10.
Thcre was very LtttLe troub.le'with the chile blt$t. Er Segenber 20 there wcre
about 4.69 percent diseased planbs, whi.ch were esrffneA principally to thc lower
parts of the fieLd wtpre the irrigation water had been alloned to accumulate. AIt pods were left o1 the plents to rlpen. Ho^rever, the fal-l ruas sorewhat early
and o1 September 24. Lt:e first light fr6st ccurred. Inn6Aiate1y after ttris the green
as well as the ripe pods were gathered. When the fi.ost cane the plants rryere Loaded with green pods $ very few had rlpened. Chile Ns. 9 poduced al ttre rate of SrOl$ poulds of green.pods and 213 pounds of red pods to the acre. The Espanola Vd1ey variety f oduced at the rate of t00 pounds of dried red chile. ?histvar{.ety ripens
consi.derably ee.rller than the Anahel-m, the Chile Ancho, or the No. 9. Tf,e IIo. 9 ls
a heavy bearer, gth large, flleshy, skroul-derless podsr-b.rt it requires a long grovF. ing season for aLl the pods to nature" One srtrouLd exfuct rnore red pods frorn*tfie Es-panoLa
VaILey than fron the other varieties in years vdttr an early ian anA earJ.y frost.
It $ill be seen frorn the above data that the spring rvas l,ate and the fall early,
4"ittg J35 days of growing weather frost. between the last sglng frost end the firet faIL IL-_appears that the growing season of 1930 wai ccnsiderably strortcr than the
average. Had the plants been grown from seed pJ.anbed ln the field, the crop llouLd
have been r[uch later and thc ytelds sma].Lcr. ilqsrrlts for one yoar cannot be taken as
conclusive.
I:: this experirurnt the crop was grourr in accedance with the new rethod of
transplantlng thc plonts ln sn'aI| furror,rs and then rldging the dirt up to the plants,
The first irrigations are gtven through thc snal-l frrrrows-nade for the transpfintfng-and
the irrigations after ridglng are rnadc throqglr furuovrs betwean the rows.
February 20, L932
Fabian Garcia